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We love Sharon. Her husband, revered International District community leader “Uncle” Bob Santos, recently passed away, but in the midst of mourning, Tomiko Santos still met with the SECB. Her record? Thoroughly progressive. She refused vote for the big Boeing tax break, helped create the task force that’s supposed to recommend a path to reforming our state’s extreme law on unjustified police killings, and sponsored bills to help ex-cons reintegrate into society.

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